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Want a used state police cruiser? How about a stump grinder, pickup truck or for the ultimate in makeover projects, a shuttered 31 acre prison facility complete with buildings? The state Office of General Services will be auctioning these and more items in the coming weeks. OGS just put out two releases, one for a […] More »

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With a key vote in support of Gov. Cuomo’s plans for a new Tappan Zee bridge just completed, the governor is formally asking for money. Earlier today the NY Metropolitan Transportation Council voted in favor of the bridge, although that drew criticism since the vote came with three days notice. While considered something of a […] More »

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A pair of Capital Region GOP Assemblyman are calling for hearings in Albany to discuss the proposed 45 percent Thruway toll hike. So far, there have been hearings in western New York with some set for the Hudson Valley but Jim Tedisco and Steve McLaughlin argue those increases will have a big impact on the […] More »

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This came up briefly two days ago during the Yogurt Summit that Gov. Andrew Cuomo put on: The possibility that a steep Thruway toll hike would put a lot more truck traffic on secondary roads across upstate as well as add to the production costs facing farmers. The state Farm Bureau is expanding on that […] More »

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There’s a pot of nearly half a billion dollars in unspent federal highway money. And the Obama administration wants to give it to you, just in time for the election. New York is eligible for $29 million from the pot of unspent earmark money.
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In an effort to improve turnout, reduce errors and cut administrative costs, New York will allow online voter registration for the first time. On Thursday, Cuomo administration officials joined good government groups to announce the initiative, which will be run by the state Department of Motor Vehicles. Online forms are now available at the agency’s […] More »

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Comptroller Tom DiNapoli has issue a report questioning the need for a proposed toll hike affecting truckers using the New York State Thruway. “Imposing a large toll increase could have damaging effects on consumers and businesses at a time when many New Yorkers are struggling to recover from the recession,” DiNapoli said. “Too often in […] More »

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The state Department of Financial Services reached a swift settlement with the British bank Standard Chartered a little more than a week after it laid a whammy on the institution, accusing it of aiding the Iranian government launder some $250 billion in tens of thousands of transactions over the course of six years, in violation […] More »

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The 274-foot-tall crane on the northeast side of the Capitol, which has been in place since January 2009, will be entirely disassembled by the end of the week — marking the end of major construction and repair work on the building’s roof and upper sections. OGS Commissioner RoAnn Destito will give the signal for workers […] More »

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo, in a letter he sent to the Thruway Authority and in comments on the radio on Friday, said the plan for a $14 toll on a proposed new Tappen Zee Bridge is too expensive. He has proposals for two new panels: One, a blue ribbon committee to choose the design and bidder […] More »

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This follows up on an earlier ban of synthetic pot, and it follows some legislative efforts against bath salts. Here are the details of the new Dept. of Health regulations: Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that the New York State Department of Health (DOH) has issued new regulations to crack down on the increasingly […] More »

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Jim Odato’s column this week examines the state Department of Taxation & Finance’s resistance to allowing Deputy Commissioner of Tax Enforcement Richard Ernst to testify about a 2011 memo he wrote concerning “Possible scenario’s [sic] involving the movements of untaxed cigarettes in NYS … and when we should seize and/or charge.” As Odato reported, “Copies […] More »

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Are New York’s prisons understaffed? The union representing prison guards along with the state’s Department of Corrections and Community Supervision got into a spat of words Monday after the union, the New York State Corrections Officers PBA, claimed the state’s prisons are “operating at dangerously low staffing levels.” The union said inmates were re-consolidated within […] More »

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